Tag marking machine



Jan. l, 1935. F LAENCHER 1,986,678

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Jan. 1, 1935.

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TAG MARKING MACHINE Filed June l5, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 7 INVENTOR M ./w-.L

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TAG' MARKING MACHINE Filed June 15. 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 F. W. LAENCHER TAG MARKING MACHINE TTORNEY l 1 NY\\\\\\\\\A INV NTOR Wm A 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed June l5, 1933 IVI/4MM Jan.l l, 1935.

` Patented Jan. 1,1935

I TAGfMARKINGQ `'Ihisinvention relatesto apparatusfforfeedf ing and printing. strips of price tags, :pin'yti'ckets andthe like.: :j a .i 1..: frfx t It is anobject ofthe inventionltorprovide improved-mechanisms forffee'dingfgthe':stripsfwof accompanying drawings, `in which;

` feeding mechanism.-

tagsstep by step,1onetaggwidthL-at artimaand .toy feed the same intoj accurate register-with the printing head. n fr. Other objects-and advantages o thel; invention Vwillappear hereinafter. jrg: y y A preferred embodiment of i t yention irse: lected for purposes of illustration Vis,` shownwin the Figure z lis an endview.- Figure2 isa siclelview.` f 4 1 Figure 3 is atop planview partlybroken away; `Figure` 4 is a -detailedviewfsnowineffthe tag l Figureisa section Qnthe `1 i 1. Figure? isla section en theli `e 1[lf-.fuer Figure 3l. Figure 8 is a section onthe line of Aure 3. Figure 9 is a section on the line 9H-:9gfl'1g ve-3.

Figure 10 is :a section on the line 19 ul of e the"drawings`,`thel tn ejcha` built `upon a box-like.frarnefgwhich In secured to a table orotherfstablelsuppor by screws 2l. lAll of the1 movingparts. `"of",fth chineare carried bytheupper portionZO l which is securedto the lower portion 2Gb in any suitable manner. A main drive`shaft l"22f.is rotatably mounted toward the `rear [of :the fram 20 and the `said shaft may be" rotated 'eitherby `'power or `by hand, the.machine illustratedfbeing in! jtendedfor'han'd operation"` means ofthe fly;

s.. erf tending inwardly from one edgf` ofthejstrip; and

thetag edges formedbytne said'curslersiitsare Vut'ilizedfor feeding purposes in the manner heref inafter described. One form of tag'strip suitable forr` use in such machines i's illustrated arid-1del scribed in Laenchv'er" ,PatentfNQLi 1.855365; l other form -is that illustrated'5in` Figure 4;"1 and known as gum labels, these strips being also-pare` vidual tags.`

The rear side of thetable; is cut away toprof `Viole aperture"26 infwhichfisslidably mounted ES :i 7113865167?.

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a'reciprocating=pusher27 having its upper-face substantially flush vwith the surfaceofthe table, and having a leading edge 2,8 adaptedV to engage thefedges ofthe tagssuccessively inorder to feed `the strip along the table-one tag Widthat a time.

.-'Ifhesaid pusher 27 is connected to a` slide`29 nouritedto reciprocate onthe vframe 20a and the 'sidslideis providedwithfa pinBO which ex'- tends upwardly into i engagement :with the bifur` `catedljend 3 1e`of a` lever 32which is pivotally "inountedfat33.` The rear-endof the said lever is `provideid 'withga roller "3`4which` cooperates with thet'camj mountedA onthe main driveI shaft 22, the fsai'cl cam-being shaped to oscllate the' lever 32 and thereby to reciprocate the slide 29and pusher2'7fv "f" Y l rf; "1\/I` u`nted above the apertref 26 isj anger- -36 which is adapted* to; engage-the rear edgesoffthe 'tagsfsuccessively to jdepress i the same 'below the surface of thetable and into position fo-r engagement by the pusher 27. Thesaid fingermoves up and down in a vertical plane, being operated thelever 37,1of` which it formsf'a'nintegral part, 'whic'hfis pivotally `mounted on the frame at 38'.l The rearlenjdof the said. lever engagesthe d v39d` mounted on' the I:nainv `shaft A22 and- `is e heldin yieldingfengagement therewithby means of the spring d0. The cams 35 yand `39l-1are Vso shapediand timed thatthe finger 36 moves downl wardlyfto engage therear edge ofl the tag` during part of the retractive movementlof the pusher 27,

but as I thef pusher moves 1 forward 'in its feeding` stroke,theiingerv36 rises out of engagement with the-s'aidfta'g'sso as to v'r'nermitthe saine to belted.V In themeantime, however, the corner of the .tag to be engaged? hasbeen deflected sufficiently so that the tag edgeremains 'exppeed fori engage-` ment bythe leading vedge of thepusher. If desiredgfthe surface cf `the table25 may-be offset slightly,jas indicated at '25' in order `to accome modat'e the `depressed tag x edge, i and thereby H4increase the certainty of engagement by thepusher.

f7 11n order to prevent regression of `the tagstrip during thereturn stroke of the pusher Z'YQmeans are provided for frictionally engaging the `strip to hold it in the position to which it is advanced by the pusher-` Such means 'may preferably cmprisea presser foot41 resting on the tag strips and held in position by two guide fingers 42 which f are loosely mountedl in apertures in the block 43 Ysec'uredfto-the frame; i

1 "'Aswill be "observed, the dge128f'offthe pusher 27 moves only to a position onetag lengthfrom theright-hand edge of the table 25, andfit is desirable', .therefore, `to provide. means' for. eject# printed. Accordingly,

which cooperates With a hardened shear plate 46' attached to the frame.

l5 ably mounted on a lever4'7' pivoted to the frame ing the last tag of the strip from the table. For this purpose, a linger 44 is provided which is pivotally connected to the member 45 which extends beneath the table and is connected to and moves with the pusher 27, the said finger being so located that it engages the trailing edge of the last tag vof the strip in order to push the last tag off the In machines of this. type it isl desirable to provide a cutting knife to complete the severance of individual tags after the same have been a knife 4'7 is provided The knife` 47 is l preferv at 48 and the rear end of the said lever is provided with a roller 49 which cooperates with cam 50 secured to the main drive'` shaftA 22. The said cam is so shaped and timed as to cause the knife rto be depressed immediately following theend Oflthefeeding stroke ofthepusher, and to permitthe knife torise again priorto the next feeding stroke.

The printing-head 52, carryingthe removable type chase 15:3, is ysecured -to the arm 54 which is secured to the rock shaft 55. In order to oscili late the printing lhead, an arm 56 is secured to the rock shaft andthis arm isv connected .by lug 57 to sleeve 58 which slides on rod 59. `One endA of. said rod isqthreadedY intofa crank pin sleeve 60 mounted on. crank pin 61 secured to disk 624 which` is'secured .to the. drive'shaft 22. The other end ofthe redis provided with ahead 63 and between this head. and thesleeve 58 is mounted a coil spring64. n

This construction provides for resilient movementor'give of the parts when the printingheadA engages a ticket `and compensates .for different thicknesses Qftickets Withoutdanger of breaking rearwardly by torsion `spring '74., The said guide member isprovided with a groove 75 to engage-the edge of thejstripto hold it in proper feed ir1gposition.- f-

n i, f .'...The machine is. adapted to feed strips of tags rof relatively short f determinate length, as for instance, a strip of ,twelve tags, and is also adaptedito feedlonger strips of indeterminate length.

Inthe casepfwthe shorter strips, the operator merely lays thestrip on the platen table in position for engagement bythe feed mechanism and lthe strip isfed one tag'length at avtime as previouslydescribed In thecase of the longer strips,

these are'usuallywvound: in the kform of a roll whicnmay be mounted on the axle 76,'andthe end. ,Gfthe strip may be threaded around the curvedv guide '17 and through theguidefslot 'Z8` v into. position for engagement by the feedmechanismpv It Will be understood thatthe inventionmay be .variously-.modified and .embodied within the scopethe .subjoined claims; .f

I. claim .as my.inventionr/...f'l y 1..i,In al tagmarking machine, in combination,

a table, said table having an opening therein, a reciprocating pusher mounted in said opening, said pusher having its upper surface substantially hush with the surface of said table and having a leading edge adapted to engage said tags to feed the same, a reciprocating finger mounted above said opening and adapted to engage said ltags successively to depress them ,below the sursaid pusher, a second cam and lever operated by said `shaft to reciprocate said nger, said parts being timed in suchmanner that said linger engages said tags vvhile said pusher is retracted and disengages said tags as said pusher advances to feed the tagstrip. f 2. In lla tag marking machine, in combination, a table, said table having an opening therein, a reciprocating pusher mounted in said opening, said pusherhaving itsupper surface substantially flush with the surface of said table and having a leading edge adapted to engage said tags toy feed .the same, a reciprocating finger mounted above'said opening and adapted to engage said tags successively to depress them below the surface of said table into position for engagement by said pusher, and means to operate said partsin timed relationship such-that said finger engages saidrvtags while said pusher is retracted and disengages-said tags as said pusher advances to feed the tag strip.` Y 'f 3. In a tag marking machinegin combination, a table. means to engage said tags successively to feed the strip alongrthetable one tag Width r at a time, a reciprocating finger to engage said tags successively to deflectrthem out of the plane of the strip and into position-for engagement by said feeding means, and means to operate said parts intimed relationship such that said finger engages said tags vWhile said feeding means is retracted and'disengagesv said tags as said pusher advances to feed the tag'strip.

V4; vIn a tag marking machine, inv combination, a table, said table having an opening therein, a reciprocating pusher'mounted in said opening,

. said pusher Yhaving its upper surface substantially flush with the surface of said table and having a leading edge adapted to engage said tags to feedl the same, and means positively 'operated in timed relation to vsaid pusher to depress the corner of the ltag to vbe'engaged out of the p lane of the strip and into position for engagement by said pusher.

5. In a tag mark/ingv` machine, in combination, a table, an aperture in said "table, means located below said table Within said aperturel toV engage said tags successively to feed .the strip along the table one tag width at a time, and means positively operated in timed relationV to said feeding means to depress the corner ofthe tag fto'fbe engaged byl said feeding means below the surface of the table and' into `position for engagement by saidffeeding means. A, o .6. In. a tag marking machine, in combination,

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